Maine-et-Loire. The City of Angers warns against this fraudulent email scam

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And fraudulent email was sent to certain associations pretending to be the town hall of Angers (Maine-et-Loire) and informing them of a change of bank details.

Above all, do not answer

“We ask you not to respond to these messages; the town hall does not communicate its RIB by email,” explains the municipality.

The latter then gives some advice:

• Check the sending email address: remember to check the sender's address: all emails from the town hall end with @ville.angers.fr or @angersloiremetropole.fr, never with @gmail.com or other courier service.
• Never click on a download link or attachment if you do not know the sender.

How to report a fraudulent email?

First of all, know that in the event of the slightest doubt, you must not give any information and do not click on any links. They might redirect you to a fraudulent site. Likewise, if the suspicious email contains an attachment, do not open it, it could harbor a virus.

Then, if you have identified an email as being a fraudulent email, it It is important to report this whether or not you have fallen into the trap. Indeed, reporting a phishing helps limit the number of victims and can help identify the cybercriminal behind the scam.

To report phishing by email to the relevant services, there are several alternatives. In any case, be sure to preserve evidence and, in particular, the phishing message received. To effectively report a phishing attempt, it is important to provide as much information as possible.

If you have received a suspicious email, you can report it on the Signal Spam platform. This is an organization composed of cybersecurity experts and associated with the CNIL which identifies the main senders of spam and takes action against cybercriminals at the national level, in collaboration with public authorities and courier service operators.

To report phishing by email on Signal Spam, start by registering for free on www.signal-spam.fr. You then have two alternatives to send them the source code of the phishing email: you can download a module to report the fraudulent email in one click or you report the message without a reporting module.

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